Tasks: Turkey suspects that Khashoggi was murdered only hours after his disappearance

Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul at 2:14 am on 2 October. It was the last time that he was seen in life.

Now, the sources indicate CNN the Turkish authorities suspected that he had been murdered only hours after his disappearance.

Intelligence officials went to the airport in Istanbul, where a private Saudi project was waiting to be lifted. The purpose was to find out if Jamal Khashoggi had been abducted or if his body was about to be taken out of the country.

The girlfriend is crushed

Several sources told CNN that the Turkish authorities had reacted after Khashoggi's girlfriend had alerted shortly before 5 pm. Then she was still waiting for her fiancé in front of the consulate of Saudi Arabia.

An adviser to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told CNN that he had received a call from his girlfriend and immediately contacted government officials and Turkish intelligence services.

Airplane wanted

The intelligence services have decided to review the image and audio recordings of the consulate, according to CNN sources. There was evidence of what had really happened that afternoon – an attack that led to the death of Jamal Khashoggi.

After the analysis of the image and audio recording, the police were urged to search for a private Saudi plane at the airport in Istanbul. The plane was one of two planes that took off from Riyadh that same day – with suspected Saudis aboard. The other plane had already left Istanbul.

Has not been seen since October 2nd

The Saudi journalist – one of the most famous and most established publicists of Saudi Arabia – has not been seen since he joined the Saudi consulate in Saudi Arabia. Istanbul. Saudi Arabia says it left the consulate the same day, but Turkish officials believe that Khashoggi was murdered inside the consulate.